Stamping-machine.



. B TAMIING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED Hm. 7, 1912.

Y. TERRY.

Patented July 29, 1913.

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STAMPING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1912.

1,068,947. Patented my 29, 1913.

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-J.. W. TERRY. STAMPING MACHINE. APPLIUAHoH FILED man1, 1912.

1 ,068,947. Patented July 29, 1913.

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l WITNESSES J. W. TERRY. STAMPING MACHINE, APPLICATION FILED HI'EBJ, 1912.

Lamm@ Patented July 29, 1913.

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/1 UUR/VE Y S citizen of the/UnitedStates, and a. resident UNITED) vSIA'TES .JAMES TERRY,

o E SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

-Specication of Letters Patent.

ratenteaauiyaa, 1913.

`iippiicgiiimiii'eiifiiebinary 7, 1912. serial-No. 675,929.

To all wlw-m it may concern l Be it knowntliat I, JAMES 'W. TERRY, a

of San Antonio.' in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Stamping-Machine, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact description.-

The object ofthe invention is to provide'a new and improved stamping machine, more es )ecially designed'for use 1n railroadfticket- 4o ces for quickly and accurately vstamping `railroad tickets on their faces with the date of issue, the destination andthe time limit or number ofthe train on 'which the ticket.

istobe used. v .l

For the purpose mentioned use isv made. of

i a ticket holder forholding -a pile of printed railroad tickets having blank spa-ces for the date. destination-and train number or time limit, a movable ticket support or guide for supporting a ticket ata time, a transferring or feeding device for transferring the ticket singly from t-hesaid 4'ticket holder to ,the said ticket support.v revoluble printing Wheels provided at their peripheral faces with printing characters for printing the`destination and train .number or time limit onto the face ofthe ticket held on thesaid sup`4 port at a time. an adjustable date stamp adjacent the said printing Wheels, 'means for setting the said printingwheels. and a movable platen adapted to engage ythe-said ticket print the destinatiomthe train number or' "time limit and the date of'issue onto the face "support and the ticket.held'thereon to force the* latter4 `into printing contact with the' printing -wheels and the said date stamp to' ofthe said ticket. Use vis also made of an Y. finkingfroller vcontrolled `by the said platen and adapted to pass over an inking pad and j theprinti'ng characters of thesaid printing machine With-parts broken 'outz' Fig. Q'is aV cate .corresponding parts in-allthezviews. Figure 1 is 'a' vplan view of the stamping F ig. l; Fig. y-3'is a longitiidinalcentral'sec# Fig. /i'is a cross' section ofthe'same on the line. L---t-'ot Fig.1'and' sho\ving-the parts'in printing position; Fig. 5isa-*crossSection' the ticket holder, the section being on the l.line 5-5 of Fig. y3; Fig. 6 is anenlarged 'lan View of the' holder for the printing characters of the date stamp; Fig. 7 isan enlarged side elevation of the pusher for pushing a ticket from the ticket holder'into lthe, ticket support'or guide; and Fig. 8 is 'a 4face view of one of the tickets afterbeing printed on, to supply the date of issue, the

destination 'and limit'.

On. a suitably constructed casing A mountedfto swing up and downza' platen B adapted-to engage a slotted ticket support or guide C adapted tosupport a printed rails road ticket@ with the printed face downthe-train number or time isv Ward. The platen B on being moved down- Ward causes -a downward sliding of the supportv Gandv with it moves theticket-D tov press the printed face of the ticket into printing contact with a fixed date stampE, the peripheral vfaces of a set of spaced revoluble printing Wheels F, F', and With'a se ond set `'of-spaced revoluble'printing wheels G, G located intermediate lthe printing WheelsA F and F', as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 3.

The ticket D as supplied to a'station agent is printed with the usual legend and pro'-v vided with blank spaces on which are printed the date of. issue -D once, the destination D?, D3 twice and the train-number or Atime limit D, D5 twice, as plainly" indicated in Fig. 3. The date-stamp E is provided with removable printing characters or type E .'for printing the date ofthe issuey D onthe ticket-D, the revoluble printing-wheels F and areprovided o'n their peripheral faces with printing'characters -F 2. F3 for `printing the destinations D?. D3 onto the ticket D, and the printing Wheels G and G are provided on their peripheral faces with printing charactersfGz. G3 'for printing the train number or timeliinit D4. D5 onto-the ticketA D. The printing characters F2, F3 of the printing WheelsF and F"'represent the different stations `along the'ra'ilroad on which the issuing station is located, and the said printing wheelsF and Ff are manuallvcontrolled so as to bring the printing characters F2 and'F3 of any desired station into uppermost .or 4printing position, it being under-l .printing positionatlthetimeare alike, that is,represent: like names of the sames'tation.

\ stood, that theprinting characters F2. F3 in In order to turn the printing wheels F and F in unison with a view to bring the printingi characters of the desired station 1nto top or printing position, the following arrangement is made: The printing Wheels F and F are secured on a longitudinallyextendingshaft F4 j ournaled in suitable bearings on the casing A, and on the ends of the shaft F4 are'secured pinions H in mesh with segmental gear Wheels H secured on short .shaftsliPjournaled in suitable bearings on the casing A, The segmental gear Wheels i -H are provided with arms H3 connected With leach other by a bar H4 supporting an' upwardly-extending arm H5 carrying a stud VH provided with a pointer HT indicating on the names ot' the stations F5 arranged on a cover A hinged at its lower end at A2 to the `front end of the base A3 of the casing A. The cover A is provided With a slot A4 through which extends a shank Hs of the pointer H7 so that the latter is on thc outside of the cover A and readily points on the namesot the stations F5, which latter are arranged in such a manner relative to the printing characters F and F that when the pointer H7 points at any one name of the stations F5, the same name'ot' the station is represented by the printing characters F2 and F3 in top or printing position. A .handle H8 extends from the arm H5 through vthe slot A4 to the outside of thecover A', so' that i 4the operator on taking hold of the handle H8 can swing the arms H: up or down, Whereby'the segmental gear Wheels H are 'rotated and consequently the pinions H turn position.

i The printing Wheels Gand G are secured on a shaft G4 journaled in suitable hearings arranged on the casing A, and on the said shaft intermediate the printing Wheels G and G is secured a gear ,Wheel l (see Figs.. l, 3 and 4f) in mesh with a gear Wheel I having its shaft I2 j ournaled insuitable bearings on the casing A, and the said gear Wheel I is in mesh with a pinion I3 secured on a4 shaft I4k jour-naled in suitable bearings arranged on the casing. A.' The left-hand end of the shaft I4 extends through the corresponding side of the casing A, and on the-outer end of the said shaft is secured a knob I5 under the control of the' operator for turning the shaft I4 with a view to rotate the printing Wheels G and G by the gearing above deiribed. On the shaft I4 adjacent the leftlan'd side or .the casing A is arranged an in- Lesser? dicating Wheel I6 provided on its peripheral face with numerals IT adapted .to successively appear through an opening A5 formed in the cover A. The numerals l7 correspond to the numerals of the printing characters G2, G3 on the peripheral faces of the printing Wheels G and G', and the arrangement is such that when a numeral I7 (say l) appears inthe opening lA5 then the corresponding numeral l on the printing characters G2, G3 appears on top or printing position inlongitudinal alineinent with the Characters F and F and the type E of the date stamp E. l

The ticket support C is in the form of ay plate provided on top With a slot C through which appearthe printing characters F2, F3, G2, G3 at the time, and the sides of the said plate 'are provided with raised guideW-ays C2 to guide the ticket into proper position when in uppermost or printing position,

moved from the right to the left as hereinafter more 4fully explained. The ends of the ticket support C arev provided with downwardly-extending members 33 gaging guideways A6 arranged on the frame (see Fig. 2), and the members C3 are provided with downwardly-extending rods C* slidably engaging guideways C5 attached to the casiu A. S'Jrinefs C6 are coiled on the i rods C and rest on the bearings C5 so as to normally hold the ticket support in an uppermost position, that is, a distance above the printing Wheels F, F', G, G. When the platen B is swung downward it engages the ticket support C and moves the saine down Ward against the tension' of the springs C6, and when the platen ll is swung upward the 'ticket support C is etuined-to its uppermost position by the action of the springs C6.

slidahly en- 'Tickets l), with hlank space-s thereon for l the date, the destination and the train .number-ortime limit, are arranged in a pile, with the faces downward, Iin a ticket holder J removably attached to the 'rightfhand side of the casing A in longitudinal alinenient -With the ticket 'support VC and the axes ofJ the printing Wheels F., F', G, G", The ticket holder J is in the torni or an oblong box and contains a vertical movable hoh-tom J supported on ropes J2 extending upward and passing over guide pulleys J 3 arranged in the upper portion of the holder J .v The ropes-J2 are provided 'with overbalancing Weights J 5 so as to cause the upwardmovement of the bottom J With a View to raise the pile of tickets D and cause the upper'- -most tickets to abut against rollers J6 (see Fig. 5) held on guideWa-ys J7 attached to the ticket ho-lder J. A pusher K is mounted to slide in the guideuf'ays J 7 and is adapted to engage the .uppermost ticketD and push the sameof 'the' pile of tickets and onto the ticket support C, and for thisl purllt) poise the Vguideway J extends beyond the pusher K to pass into arighthandend position with its bottom tlushwiththe under side fof th'e uppermost ticket` D, as willloe readily understood ley-reference to Fig. 3,

--so 'that the right-handedge oi. the uppermost ticket- .abuts against-*the lefti'hand end of the vpusher K, and this lett-hand end `of the pusher K'fis provided above its bot-1 tom with a forwardlyfprojecting tongn'e'K 1. adapted-ftorrest on theupper surfaceof'the uppermost ticket D. 'Now when'the pusher K--isfn`1`oved-I from' its right-'.haiid 'end posi tion .to the left. then .the uppermost-:ticket -K'is pushed olf the-pile of tickets 4'in the vr1.1`olde' r -J and onto.the"support Q1 to'fbeprinted on, 'onswinging the platen B 'doWn- 'wa-rd, as previously explained. .f

-The pusher K s'actuated from the platen B, land forthis purpose the following. ar-v 'rangement is-madesz"4 On 'the top of the `pusher K is arranged a pin-K? 'engaging the slotted ebd' K3 'ofa lever Kt Vr'ulcrum'ed at K5- o'n 'oasingt-, andthe lever K4, is piv- .otally connected hv' 'a4 I'link .L with "a lever 'LV fdcrumed at 'L2 on top of theca'sing A.'

T-he lever L iis '.pivotally connected [by a short link L3 with a cam leve-r L4. fulcrumed .saidfcamlever-Lt extends under the arm" Bof the platen B so that-when the latter is swungdownwardza'` fswinging motion. is

' given to the-cam lever Lf which by the link i position as-shown -in full lines in' Fig. l. `mi

L3 imparts 5a. swinging f motion to the lever L and the latter by the-link LA imparts a .swinging motion tothe lever K4 to svi/Ting the latter fromfthe leftto the right, that is,-

rom `an .innermost 'position to an ,outermost 'A spring-Ki is connectedwith the lever Kfto v.swing thelatterv from lthe right tothe left on swinging` the platen B into an uppr- 4 .most position so that the luppermost ticket moved from Vthe holder'J- onto the ticketv "l5 support C; 4The swinging movement of `the lever K* from :thevright tothe lefthy thel action of -thspring iK6 is limited lhy -a.stop

The guideway J T `islpreferably hinged at -its rightshand end to .the holderJ, to permit;v

of's'winging Vthe guideway J 7. into a vertical position whenever 'is desired to lill ,the holder J with tickets.- The left-hand end of the guideway'J7 is fastened in place `on the' top of the holder by pli-voted buttons J 8,

ifwhich whert'swungto one side permit of? swinging -the guideway J Tinto an open po,--

sitionforthe purpose mentioned.

In orderto' ink the printing. characters E',

F2, F3, G2, G3,uSe ismade of 'an ihking roller N journaled at'itsends in arms N shown in Fig. 2`, then theinking roller l\ -N finally moving in engagement with the N attached to and formingpart of the' arm B of the platen B. The inking roller'X -is adapted to pass over a segmental. inking, pad carrledfon thefr'ame, and when the [platen 1s| 1n an uppermost position, as

in 'a 'forward position, and when the platen B is swunfr. downward then thetarm- N6 liinparts a; swinging motion to the 'i lever N* whlch by `the loops N3 impartsl a swinging motion to' thearmsfN to .move thetinkin'g roller. N vrearward and over the` printing characters E', l4`2', F3, G2 andGr.3 in upper' most position at the'time,theinking roller pad O to take up' ink'theret'rom'. Then the .platen dB swings back :into 'an `uppermost position -then .the inking 'roller X is carried forward-and 'again passesfover the faces'or'1 .the printing characters in uppermost position at thetime. Thus'by 'tlie' ar'range11ient described, an automatic thorough inkin'g ot the 'printing characters takes place to in? sure proper-impressions on the ticket .A spring NT is 'connected with the 'lower-end of the lever N4' to -insnre a'return movement of the inkingf. rollery Nv to dormant position 'A as shown idF-ig. 2.

The operation is as.- follows :all'heiithe holderJ is'ufilled with ticketsl) as described,

andthe stat-ion age'ntiatf San- Antonio, for inst-ance, desires to issue a ticket, say to the.

station 'Serb-in, on J anuary l, 1912,' 'good' .for tra'in X051.' then the. operator takes hold of the handle Hs'and movesthe same up or downuntil' the pointer HT indicates on the' station Serbin found 4under the names F5,

asl shown. in".Fig.. y1l the same names now `.a'ppearing 'inf t'p position on the vprinting' :wheels F and F. The operator now takes hold. of they knob IA5 and turns the Asame to revolve theprintingwheelsl Gr, until the numeral fl appears on top or' printing position. The date-stampj-E was set to.

'Januar-y1, 1912, and the' 'operatornow` swings theplatenB downward so that a'- ticket D heldfonthe ticket -guijdeC from a previous 'operation of 'the' feeding mecha- -pnism is pressed downward into printing contact with the'datefstamp E, the printing -115 characterslF?, F3,.'Gr2 and G3' to make-'anA vimpression on the ticket,to provide thesame' with the name. Serb'in in. two places. the

-train'numbers or timeflimits in two places,v

and ,the date oi'i ssue,"as plainly indicated 1n Fig, 8.' Durlng the downward' swinging movement 'df the platen' B. an outward-trav# eling motion is`-given to thejpusherlK, and

when'l the platen 'B'. is'swung upward then` the ticket `support .C with the printed'ti'ffket 125' thereon isv returned' 'to 'uppermost'position i the ticket holder J is now pushed from the right to the left against the rightfhand end of the ticketI in the ticket support (l, Where lby thisitickei is pushed from the right to date, destination, and train number or 'time limit, \a. movable ticket support adjacent the said ticket. holder, revoluble printing Wheels provided at their peripheral faces with printing characters for printing thedestination and the train number or time limit onto the face of a ticket held at the time in the said support, a changeable date 'stamp adjacent the said printing Wheels, a. movable platen adapted to engage the said ticke' support and the ticket held thereon and move the latter intoprinting contact `vit-h the .said print-ing 'wheels and date stamp to print the` date of issue, the destination and the train number or time limit onto the face of the ticket., and a ,feeding device controlled by the said platen for feeding a ticket from the said holder into the said ticket support. 4

2. A stamping machine, comprising al ticket holder for holding a pile of printed railroad tickets having blank spaces for the date, destination and train number or time limit, a movable ticket l.support adjacent the said ticket holder, revoluble printing Wheels provided at their peripheral faces with printing characters for printing the destination and the train .number or time limitv onto the face of a ticket held. at the time i`n the said support, a, changeable date l stamp adjacent the said printing Wheels, a

movable platen adapted to engage the said ticket support and the ticket held`thereon and move the Vlatter into printing contact With the said printing/f" wheels and date stamp vto print the date of issue, the/destina.- tion and. the train number or time limit onto the face of the ticket, .and a feeding device cont-rolled by the said platen for feeding a ticket from the said holder into the said ticket support during the 'return movement of the platen. l Y

3. A Astanping machine, comprising a.

'ticket holder forvhc-lding a pile of printed railroad tickets having blank spaces for the date, destination and train number or time limit, a movable ticket support adjacent the said ticket holder, revoluble printing Wheels provided at their peripheral faces with limits, a platenmounted to swing toward messa? printingcharacters fr Vprinting the desti#V nat-ion and the `trainnumber or time limit onto thev face .of a ticket .held at the timel in the said support, a changeable' datestamp, adjacent 'the said printing Wheels, a @mova ble platen'adapted to engage the said'ticket support and the ticket heldthereon and move the latter into printing contact with the said print-ing Wheels and date stamp to print the date of issue, the destination and the train number or time limit onto the face. of the. ticket, a feeding device controlled by the said platen for feeding a ticket 4from the `said holder into the said ticket-support,

manually-controlled .means for setting the revoluble j irinting Wheels for printing the destination, and manually-controlled means for setting the printing Wheels for the train number or time limit.

4c. A. stamping machine, comprising a ticket holder for holding" a pile of printed railroad tickets having blank spaces for the date, destination and 'train number 'or timel limit, a movable ticket support adjacent the, said ticket holder, revoluble printing Wheels provided at their peripheral faces- With printing characters for printing the desti. nat-ion andthe train number or'time limit onto the face of a ticket held at the time in the said support, achangeable date stamp adjacent the said printing Wheels, a movable platen adapted to engage the said ticket support and the ticket held thereon and move the latter intoprinting ContactV with the said printing Wheels'and date' stamp to print the date of issue, the destination and the train number or time limit onto the face of the ticket, a feeding device controlled by the said platen for feedinga ticket from the said holder into the said ticket support, an

printing inking roller for inking the said printing on imparting movement to the said platen. y

5. A stamping mzichine, comprising a set of spaced printing wheels mounted to turn in unison and provided at their vperipheral faces with spaced printing characters 'representing the names of stations, asecond set of spaced printing wheelsrmounted to turn in unison intermediate of the printing wheels of the first set of printingwheels and independent thereof, the said second set of printing Wheels being provided at their peripheral faces with alined printing'characters representing train numbers or time and from the peripheral faces of the said printing Wheels, a spring-pressed ticket support mounted to slide toward and from the peripheral faces of the said printing inhteels and located intermediate the said prining Wheels and the platen to be engaged and moved by the latter.

6. A stamping machine, comprising a set of spaced printing Wheels mounted to turn in unison and provided at their peripheral faces with alined printing charactersrepresenting the names of stations, a second set of spaced printing Wheels mounted to turn in unison intermediate of the printingv wheels of the iirst set o'f printing wheels and independent thereof, the said second set of printing Wheels being provided at their peripheral faces with almed printing char# acters representing train numbers or time limits, manually-controlled means for set-` ting the said printing Wheels, a. platen mounted to swing toward and from the peripheral faces of the said printing Wheels, awspring-pressed ticket support mounted to slide intermediate the said printing Wheels and platen and adaptedto be moved by the latter, an inking roller, an inking pad, and means carrying the said inkingroller and connected with the vsaid platen to move the inking roller over the said padand the said printing characters on the printing wheels.

7. A stamping machine, comprising a set ofspaced printing Wheels'mounted to turn in unison and provided at their peripheral faces With alined printing characters representing the names of stations, a second set.

of spaced printing Wheels mounted to turn in unison intermediate of the printing Wheels of the first set of printing Wheels and independent thereof, the said second set of printing Wheels being provided at their peripheral faces Wit-h alined printing characters representing train numbers or time limits, a ticket holder adjacent the said printing Wheels and adapted to contain a pile of tickets, the .said ticket holder hav# ing an overbalanced bottom for the tickets to rest on, a ticket support mounted to slide above the said printing Wheels, springs supporting the said ticket support and nor- -mally1 holding the said support in horizontal alinement with the upper end of the ticket holder, a platen mounted to swing and adapted to engage the said ticket support to press the latter toward the printing Wheels, and a feeding devicemovable over the said ticket holder and controlled by the said platen .for moving a ticket from the holder into the said ticket support.

8. In a stamping machine, Va printing mechanism includinga swinging platen, a ticket holder, a reciprocating pusher for feeding the tickets from the holder to the printing mechanism, a'pivoted and spring pressed lever pivotally connected with the pusher, a second lever connected tothe first lei-'cr byl a link, and a cam lever operated by the platen and connected with the second lever by a link.

9. In a stamping machine, a printing mechanism including a pivoted platen car rying member, pivoted' arms carrying an.' inking roller, a pivoted and sprln'g pressed lever with 'which said arms areshdably' connected, and an arm rigid with the platen carrying member and pivotally connected With saidlever. I

l0. In a stamping machine, a slotted casing, printing Wheels mounted in the casing, said casing having names arranged rela'- tively to the printing characters of the Wheels on its exterior adjacent to the slot,

gearing for. operating the wheels, arms carried by tWo of the Wheels of the gearing and connected by a bar, a member extending from the connecting bar of thev arms, and a pointer carried by said member and having its shank working in the slot of the casing. v

l1. In a stamping machine, a 4slotted casing having names on its exterior adjacent to the slot, printing wheels mounted-in the casing, pinions on the shaft of the 'said 'Wheels, segmental gear Wheels meshing with 

